British ambassador in Iraq opposes Iraqi Kurdistan referendum

IRAQ NEWS SERVICE AGENCY:
The British embassy in Baghdad issued a statement announcing that his country’s ambassador to Iraq, on a visit to Iraqi Kurdistan, announced his opposition to the Kurdish independence referendum.
The British embassy in Baghdad announced in an announcement of the British ambassador to Iraqi Kurdistan, Frank Baker, on 2017 August, according to the News Agency of Iraq News Service.

The British embassy in the statement stated that Baker had raised his opposition to the Kurdish independence referendum on Iraq in his numerous meetings in northern Iraq in the Kurdistan region.

Baker, in a visit to Sulaimaniyah, Erbil and Kirkuk, met with the head of the region, Masoud Barzani and Prime Minister Nichervan Barzani and Deputy Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region, Qobad Barzani, according to Iraq’s “Al-Ghad Press”.

“The Ambassador has examined the matter of the referendum and has again informed the British’s position about the security situation in the region, including the latest developments in Mosul, Tal Afar and Al-Hawijah,” the British embassy said in a statement.

The British ambassador in Iraq last month also said his country was opposed to the referendum, and instead, Erbil should talk to Baghdad.

The head of the Kurdistan Region, Massoud Barzani, said that on September 25, Erbil will run a referendum on independence from Iraq, but on the contrary, Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abbadi announced that it was illegal and does not recognize it.